Papal Astronomer: Real Science Is Not the Realm of Atheists or Egoists
Award Winning Brother Guy Consolmagno Tells ZENIT How and Why Religion and Science Co-Exist
Vatican City, July 23, 2014 (Zenit.org) Deborah Castellano Lubov | 826 hits
Catholics need to be more courageous in showing that religion and science co-exist says the papal astronomer who has just been awarded one of the world's most prestigious awards in science.
Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, who was honored last week with the Carl Sagan Medal for “outstanding communication by an active planetary scientist" by the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, tells ZENIT how the Church is not opposed to science and shares what he considers to be the greatest misperceptions between the two realms.
Brother Consolmagno has been called “the voice of the juxtaposition of planetary science and astronomy with Christian belief”, and a “ rational spokesperson who can convey exceptionally well how religion and science can co-exist for believers".
A renowned author and broadcaster, his books include the home astronomy guidebook "Turn Left At Orion" and he has his own BBC radio show called “A Brief History of the End of Everything." The dynamic popular speaker is known for his many public lectures in North America and Europe each year which help convey the fascination of scientific inquiry to the general public. This year, he delivered the commencement address at Georgetown University.
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